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Speak at ILP The New Retail Series - Supply Chain & Workforce Management 11/12

Deadline: October 20, 2020

MIT Startup Exchange is seeking several startups to participate in the ILP The New Retail Series on November 12, 2020 (11 AM to 12 noon).

Theme - The retail industry has been in the process of rapid change caused by advances and adoption of digital technology. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of practices like social distancing, the changing face of retail is poised to accelerate even more dramatically in the next few years. These changes will cover the entire spectrum of retail activities ranging from omni-channel consumer experience to agile supply chains. Join us, as MIT’s leading experts in retail explore the critical issues and possible new scenarios of The New Retail, and featured MIT-connected startups showcase their latest technology in the field for great collaborative efforts with corporate members of ILP.

To apply, please provide the following:

  • -brief description of your startup's technology-based product/services & 1 compelling use case;
  • -brief description of current market traction (e.g. pilot, validation results, paying customers, etc.);
  • -speaker bio & a few words on the speaker’s experience as a speaker (optionally, including a video sample);
  • -one-paragraph explanation of the unique fit between the event/theme and the startup’s vision, technologies, products, or services.
Deadline: October 20, 2020
Posted on: September 18, 2020
Key Words:
supply chain, workforce management, consumer behavior, digital technology, retail

MIT Startup Exchange is seeking several startups to participate in the ILP The New Retail Series on November 12, 2020 (11 AM to 12 noon).

Theme - The retail industry has been in the process of rapid change caused by advances and adoption of digital technology. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of practices like social distancing, the changing face of retail is poised to accelerate even more dramatically in the next few years. These changes will cover the entire spectrum of retail activities ranging from omni-channel consumer experience to agile supply chains. Join us, as MIT’s leading experts in retail explore the critical issues and possible new scenarios of The New Retail, and featured MIT-connected startups showcase their latest technology in the field for great collaborative efforts with corporate members of ILP.

To apply, please provide the following:

  • -brief description of your startup's technology-based product/services & 1 compelling use case;
  • -brief description of current market traction (e.g. pilot, validation results, paying customers, etc.);
  • -speaker bio & a few words on the speaker’s experience as a speaker (optionally, including a video sample);
  • -one-paragraph explanation of the unique fit between the event/theme and the startup’s vision, technologies, products, or services.

Disclaimer:  MIT Startup Exchange can make introductions that ideally provide open ended discussions in order to share mutual interests and potentially create common ground that incite the parties to collaborate. MIT Startup Exchange introductions may eventually lead to mutual partnerships, but that is not in any way guaranteed by MIT, MIT Corporate Relations, MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) or MIT Startup Exchange, which takes no responsibility for these outcomes and no formal part in such discussions following our introduction. MIT Startup Exchange and its activities and events are not for purposes of soliciting investment or offering securities.